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Balancing IDF Checkpoints and International Law: Teaching the IDF Code of Conduct

November 19, 2003 | Lt. Col. Amos Guiora

The IDF has decided to teach commanders about international law in order to enable them to more effectively carry out their missions. The IDF has developed a code of conduct that is a combination of international law, Israeli law, and the IDF's own traditional ethical code - ruach tzahal, "the spirit of the IDF." The IDF has developed simulated educational computer programming.

An Answer to the New Anti-Zionists: The Rights of the Jewish People to a Sovereign State in Their Historic Homeland

November 16, 2003 | Amb. Dore Gold, Jeffrey Helmreich

A new critique of Israel proposes its elimination and replacement with a bi-national Palestinian-Jewish state. Israel's new detractors doubt the legitimacy of Jewish statehood, though they say nothing about the validity of dozens of new states that have emerged in the last half century, many of which lack any firmly rooted national identity.

The UN and the Assault on Israel’s Legitimacy: Implications for the Roadmap

July 15, 2003 | Prof. Anne Bayefsky

The roadmap has significant roots in the UN, an organization long understood as biased against Israeli interests and Jewish well-being in general. Examples include the work of the UN "Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories," established in 1968, and the UN "Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People," created in 1975.

The Global Epidemic of Illegal Building and Demolitions: Implications for Jerusalem

May 15, 2003 | Justus Reid Weiner

Israel Should Not Pay the Price for Iraq

March 31, 2003 | Amb. Dore Gold

Hizballah’s Threat to Regional Security

March 16, 2003 | Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman

Is Jerusalem Being “Judaized”?

March 1, 2003 | Justus Reid Weiner

Diplomatic and Legal Aspects of the Settlement Issue

January 19, 2003 | Jeffrey Helmreich

The Evolution of International Law and the War on Terrorism

December 24, 2002 | Col. Daniel Reisner, Amb. Alan Baker

Baseless Comparisons: UN Security Council Resolutions on Iraq and Israel

September 24, 2002 | Amb. Dore Gold

Legal Aspects of the Palestinian Refugee Question

September 1, 2002 | Prof. Ruth Lapidoth

Starting Over After Oslo

August 22, 2002 | Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg

Durban’s Troubling Legacy One Year Later: Twisting the Cause of International Human Rights Against the Jewish People

August 20, 2002 | Irwin Cotler

What Really Happened in Jenin?

May 2, 2002

Poison: The Use of Blood Libel in the War Against Israel

April 15, 2002 | Raphael Israeli